Improvement in sawing-machines



pnt ,i ffh Pan-JOHNSON, or comincia, 'o'iALIron-NIA.

Letters PatentNo; 109,910, dated December 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT-IN sAwrNe-MAcHINE's.

The vSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o f the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known'that I, PER JOHNSON, of Columbia, county of Tuolumne, State of. California, have invented a Portablesawing-Machine; and .I do hereby declare the following description 4and accompanying drawing are suicient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention without further invention or experiment.

My invention relates to improvements iumounting and operating saws, and also'to an improved portable apparatus or cart, inside of which the saws' are arranged to operate and be operated, `the power being applied by hand.

1nv order to explain my invention so that others will be able to understand its construction and operar.

tion, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ot' this-speoiiication, in whch A represents a box onl the body of a cart having upon each side a large wheel, B.

These wheels are iixed upon the opposite ends'of a. shaft, D. This shaft passes through the body or box Aat about its middle, and has another and smaller wheel, E, fixed upon it at its middle, inside the box.

Two parallel timbers or reaches, a a, pass from thefront end of the body A'to the rear end, being secured at each end tothe bottom timbers.

Near the front end of the body, and passing transversely through the reaches -a' a, is a shaft, b, to each end of which is fixed a' wheel, d, outside of the reaches a..

' Another wheel, e, is secured to themiddle of this shaft, between the reaches.

The wheel e is driven by a belt -from the large wheel E.

Two parallel upright guide-bars, ff, extend from each of the reaches above the shaft e to the top of the box A, between which a horizontal bar, ,1,"rnoves.

The saws G are secured in a suitable frame so as to'work through the top of the body or box. These saws are placed at'ga suitable distance apart to cut the wood into suitable lengths for tine-wood.

The lower ends `of the. saw-frames are secured to the horizontal bar g, and a reciprocating motion is given to the whole by pitmen h, which-connect the bar 'g with vthe wheels'd, to which they are attached eccentrically. r

The cart or box is provided with legs, H H', which are of sutiicient length to cause the wheels'B to be raised above the ground when they are in position to support the body, -thus allowing the cart-Wheels to serve both as driving and balance-wheels.

The wheels B are driven by hand-power appliedto a rod, K.

This rod has'its opposite ends attached lto one end of crank-levers jj, which have their pivot or fulcrum at the rear comers of the body A.

Their opposite vends are connected with the drivingwheels B by pitmen l, which are eccentrically at tached to them.

With this combination a person standing at. the rear end vof the box or cart will be able to drive the saws at great speed with little exertion, as the heavy cart-wheels will serve as iiy or balance-wheels, to keep up the motions of the saws.

. The rear legs H' are made intwo parts and hinged at ,'so that -they canbe folded up against' the real" end of the body. llhis lowers the wheels B upon the ground, when, by securing the .pole I between the iront ends of the.reacl1es a a, the whole machine will be converted into a cart, which can he moved about as desired by horses.

The folding legs H', when brought down" so as to Y' support the machine, are kept firmly in position hy hooks, uf, which catch in an eye on the under sideot' lthe body.

The upper rear poltiou of the body A is provided withfdouble doors,'L, and inside thecompartment thus formed boxes, P, are arranged, ilrwhich 4any tools which it may be necessary to carry about with the machine can he kept.

The'above construction will provide acheapvand etcient wood-sawing machine, which can be moved about at pleasure and operated with great ease;

Having thusv described my invention,

What l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Paten t, is-

1. The body A, provided with the rigid legs H, folding legs H', and driving or carrying-wheels B, substantially as and for' the purpose described.

2. The peculiar combination herein described for operating'the saws G, consisting of thev vWheels d and e and pi-tmeu h, together with the parallel guide-rods j' f and horizontal bar g, V the whole constructed and operated as hereindescribed.

' In witness that the above-described inventionis,

claimed `by me, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Y

Witnesses: PER JOHNSON. '[L. s.]

H. N. SNOW, GERALD FITZGERALD. 

